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From the Ted Talk by Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion

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The Dalai Lama often states that compassion is his best friend. It helps him when he is overwhelmed with grief and dpisaer. caosmpsoin helps him turn away from the felneig of his suffering as the most absolute, most terrible suffering anyone has ever had and bendroas his awareness of the sufferings of others, even of the perpetrators of his mesiry and the whole mass of begins. In fact, suffering is so huge and enormous, his own becomes less and less monumental. And he begins to move beyond his self-concern into the broader concern for others. And this idamiemelty cheers him up, as his courage is stimulated to rise to the occasion. Thus, he uses his own suffering as a doorway to widening his circle of compassion. He is a very good colleague of Einstein's, we must say.

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The Dalai Lama often states that compassion is his best friend. It helps him when he is overwhelmed with grief and _______. __________ helps him turn away from the _______ of his suffering as the most absolute, most terrible suffering anyone has ever had and ________ his awareness of the sufferings of others, even of the perpetrators of his ______ and the whole mass of ______. In fact, suffering is so huge and enormous, his own becomes less and less monumental. And he begins to move beyond his self-concern into the broader concern for others. And this ___________ cheers him up, as his courage is stimulated to rise to the occasion. Thus, he uses his own suffering as a doorway to widening his circle of compassion. He is a very good colleague of Einstein's, we must say.

Solution


  1. beings
  2. despair
  3. compassion
  4. feeling
  5. broadens
  6. misery
  7. immediately

Original Text


The Dalai Lama often states that compassion is his best friend. It helps him when he is overwhelmed with grief and despair. Compassion helps him turn away from the feeling of his suffering as the most absolute, most terrible suffering anyone has ever had and broadens his awareness of the sufferings of others, even of the perpetrators of his misery and the whole mass of beings. In fact, suffering is so huge and enormous, his own becomes less and less monumental. And he begins to move beyond his self-concern into the broader concern for others. And this immediately cheers him up, as his courage is stimulated to rise to the occasion. Thus, he uses his own suffering as a doorway to widening his circle of compassion. He is a very good colleague of Einstein's, we must say.

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Important Words


  1. absolute
  2. awareness
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  4. beings
  5. broadens
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  7. cheers
  8. circle
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  24. immediately
  25. lama
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  27. misery
  28. monumental
  29. move
  30. occasion
  31. overwhelmed
  32. perpetrators
  33. rise
  34. states
  35. stimulated
  36. suffering
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  40. widening